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Jutsa
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Capitalizt

Postby Jutsa » Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:16 pm

Nice. Guess the top 10 are getting added rather quickly, yes? :P
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Postby TalAkMaChen » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:52 am

Not a new one here, just a comment on an "old" one, #1309: Lassie is a female dog, while the human speakers are male (option 3 has not name/gender, though). Opt. 2 is @@RANDOMNAMEMALE@@ and opt.4 might be Timmy @@RANDOMLASTNAME@@ (I also got a Timmy there, but Carpenter, not Moneypenny). Sadly, there seem to be no female vets in wheelchairs in that issue, I wonder what happens to them considering there are nations with females serving "at the front".
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Postby Juniria » Thu Jul 30, 2020 1:26 pm

They changed number 1010! The changes have been highlighted.

#1010: What’s Got Into Juniria?

The Issue

A newly-imported brand of coffee from Macronesia has a rather funny name: W’Anc. The implications of this ‘lost in translation’ event have been causing quite a stir.

The Debate

1. “Here, you must taste W’Anc before passing judgement,” insists the Macronesian ambassador, pouring coffee into your mouth, leaving you to either spit out or swallow. “This drink very popular in my country, the beans are pressed between the buttocks of exotic maidens! Maybe name is a bit funny here in @@NAME@@, but this can be the learning moment for all. Instead of laughing, maybe be teaching @@DEMONYMPLURAL@@ to learn about different cultures and be appreciating of our fine liquids. Now my friend, you want another W’Anc? It’s the best!”

2. “That name is intentionally rude,” proclaims Sasha Popov, leader of morality group Teachers Improving Societal Sophistication Until Excellence. “We cannot allow such vulgarity to exist within @@NAME@@. Can you imagine teenagers going to a coffee shop and asking for a… I shudder to think! You must force this distastefully-named product to be rebranded, and fine any organisation that puts offensive words in the public eye."

3. “Hey, check out this picture I’ve got here,” proclaims your niece, who’s been chuckling to herself the whole time. “My friend, who is in Smalltopia, sent me this picture after she saw this sign in the window of a laundromat there. It says ‘drop your pants here’! You should make a law that states all businesses must have funny mistakes in their advertising. The laughter therapy will make @@NAME@@ the happiest place in the world!”

Issue by The Imperial Glorious Empire of Baggieland

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Postby Candlewhisper Archive » Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:12 pm

Yeah, there was a lot of debate over that one backstage, but this was the edit that the team could get behind.
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Postby Trotterdam » Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:51 pm

So you had a debate over how-offensive language to accept in an issue about the acceptability of offensive language? How meta.

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Postby Candlewhisper Archive » Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:27 am

...while using language that is definitely too offensive for inclusion in the game, yes. :)
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Postby Honeydewistania » Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:22 am

Juniria wrote:
1. “Here, you must taste W’Anc before passing judgement,”

I think 'have a' is better than 'taste'.
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Postby Sanctaria » Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:50 am

Honeydewistania wrote:
Juniria wrote:
1. “Here, you must taste W’Anc before passing judgement,”

I think 'have a' is better than 'taste'.

I think there's enough innuendo in the issue.
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Postby Jutsa » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:36 am

taste has its own special flavor of innuendo anyhoo.
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Postby Noahs Second Country » Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:36 am

#1352: The Brains Behind Kuru [Electrum; ed:Zwangzug]

The Issue

Outbreaks of kuru, an incurable neurodegenerative disorder, have occurred across @@NAME@@. It is most prevalent among connoisseurs of human flesh.

The Debate

1. “Kuru is an insidious disease that eats at the brain and is spread by the consumption of infected cerebra.” Your physician, Otohime Swift, slams a hefty book titled Grey Matter Anatomy on your desk. “Ensure the sufferers get the best possible care at our hospitals, so they can live their last days with dignity. Then, give up this cannibalism experiment so that we don’t get outbreaks of diseases from the handling of human meat ever again.”

2. “Why dearie, we’d be outta business!” pipes up the proprietor of Mrs. Lovett’s Pies, placing some piping hot pies on some plates. “The easiest solution to this kuru thing is to ban brains in food. Also, you oughta get yer government to promote and subsidise us purveyors of wholesome foods, like me steak pies, which use the finest cuts of human rump. We would make a killing having curious cannibals and grub-lovers going on exotic food tours to me humble shop.”

3. Your brother, sensing an opportunity, pages through the book. “This says that symptoms of kuru include body tremors, outbursts of laughter, and poor coordination. Basically, the average dimwitted fast food worker. Round up the diseased and consign them to fill society’s most dangerous and undesirable jobs - if they die, well, it was going to happen anyways. Then, we can harvest their meat and neurological tissue to generate a never-ending supply of ‘zombies.’”


Assuming it hasn't been reported yet due to the cannibalism validity.
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Postby Sadraelin » Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:53 pm

Deep Communism wrote:
I scrolled back a lot and I didn't see Issue 1334, so here's Issue 1334!
#1334: Withdrawing Diplomatic Relations

The Issue

At a recent international summit in Brancaland, the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ delegation became violently ill. Brancalandian doctors say all of them were suffering withdrawal symptoms because they were addicted to the drugs in @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ tap water.

The Debate

1 “It’s really sad to see what these drugs have done to your people,” quacks Dr. Naki de Vries of the Brancalandian Health Service. “One of your envoy’s aides almost died of hyponatremia because she drank so much water trying to get high. And that’s not even getting into long-term health effects for people that have been on these drugs their whole lives, or the developmental effects on Deep children. Please, you have to stop drugging your country’s drinking water. We can help you organize a detox program.”

2. “Who ever heard of getting sick from drinking too much water? And what kind of nonsense word is ‘hyponatremia’?” comes the muffled voice of the aforementioned aide, sulking beneath a blanket in her hospital bed. “Everyone knows it’s important to stay hydrated. I’m not addicted to anything, and it’s obvious this is all just a cover story to hide the fact that someone poisoned us! We need to pull our diplomats out of Brancaland for their own safety and send those nasty Brancalandians a strongly worded letter!”

3. “Whoa, whoa, whoa! There’s no need for that!” interjects your Foreign Relations Minister, who downs a glass of water. “Our people just need a taste of home to keep them from getting, uh... homesick! We’ll just have to make sure all our diplomatic representatives bring a large supply of @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ drinking water everywhere they go, and warn them against drinking the local water in any of the countries they visit!”

Issue by The Shipwreck of USS Monitor

Edited by The Marsupial Illuminati

Here's my copy with two missing options - a doppelganger and one Trotterdam speculated it had:
The Issue
At a recent international summit in Brancaland, the Sadraelinian delegation became violently ill. Brancalandian doctors say all of them were suffering withdrawal symptoms because they were addicted to the drugs in Sadraelinian tap water.

The Debate
1. “It’s really sad to see what these drugs have done to your people,” quacks Dr. Nyota Whedon of the Brancalandian Health Service. “One of your envoy’s aides almost died of hyponatremia because she drank so much water trying to get high. And that’s not even getting into long-term health effects for people that have been on these drugs their whole lives, or the developmental effects on Sadraelinian children. Please, you have to stop drugging your country’s drinking water. We can help you organize a detox program.”

2. “Who ever heard of getting sick from drinking too much water? And what kind of nonsense word is ‘hyponatremia’?” comes the muffled voice of the aforementioned aide, sulking beneath a blanket in her hospital bed. “Everyone knows it’s important to stay hydrated. I’m not addicted to anything, and it’s obvious this is all just a cover story to hide the fact that someone poisoned us! We need to pull our diplomats out of Brancaland for their own safety and send those nasty Brancalandians a strongly worded letter!”

4. “Whoa, whoa, whoa! There’s no need for that!” interjects your Foreign Relations Minister, who downs a glass of water. “Our people just need a taste of home to keep them from getting, uh... homesick! We’ll just have to make sure all our diplomatic representatives bring a large supply of Sadraelinian drinking water everywhere they go, and warn them against drinking the local water in any of the countries they visit! Maybe we can do this for all our other citizens who go overseas, like tourists and students.”

5. “Okay, the diplomats are important, but providing safe water for all of our citizens abroad would be a logistical nightmare!” asserts a jittery and paranoid government bureaucrat, twitching occasionally as she talks. “My commiserations to the students and tourists, but international travel has to be limited to official government business so we can make sure nobody leaves the country without adequate supplies.”

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Benevolent Dictatorship

Postby SherpDaWerp » Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:31 am

I've found a couple errors in the spelling of author names.

#778, #782 and #785 all credit "frieden-und-freudenland", instead of the proper "frieden-und freudenland" and #782 credits "annihlators of chan island" instead of "annihilators of chan island".

I suspect I'll find more over time, but for now it's just these 4.
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Democratic Socialists

Postby TalAkMaChen » Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:32 am

Names for #1310
1: @@RANDOMFEMALEFIRSTNAME_1@@ @@RANDOMLASTNAME_1@@
2: @@RANDOMFEMALEFIRSTNAME_2@@ @@RANDOMLASTNAME_1@@
3: @@RANDOMMALEFIRSTNAME_3@@ @@RANDOMLASTNAME_1@@ (thus waggling eyebrows at @@RANDOMFEMALEFIRSTNAME_2@@)
4: @@RANDOMMALEFIRSTNAME_4@@ @@RANDOMLASTNAME_1@@ (the teen could also be random, I didn't note all names I had there)
5: @@RANDOMMALEFIRSTNAME_5@@ @@RANDOMLASTNAME_1@@ (the silver fox could also be random, I didn't note all names I had there)
6: @@RANDOMMALEFIRSTNAME_6@@ @@RANDOMLASTNAME_1@@ (the mayor could also be random, I didn't note all names I had there)
7: @@RANDOMFIRSTNAME_7@@ @@RANDOMLASTNAME_1@@ (the pro-car-speaker could also be random, I didn't note all names I had there)

Or is it @@RANDOMFIRSTNAMEFEMALE_1@@ etc.? Looks odd anyhow. :roll:

For #1344 it is 1+2 random, 3 is a fixed name.


Trotterdam wrote:#1350 The @@DEMONYMNOUNPLURAL@@ Are Coming!

#1350 The @@DEMONYMNOUNPLURAL@@ Are Coming!

The Issue

Following a fracas between the Minister of Paternalism, the Minister of Patriotism and the Minister of Patchouli, your inner circle has gathered to discuss how best to run your nation's most recently acquired colony.

The Debate

1. "The best approach is through direct rule, of course," chortles @@RANDOMNAME@@, slamming @@HIS/HER@@ hunting crop against the table so your secretary startles. "That accursed continent needs intelligent and honourable people — like myself — to teach those childlike natives. A colonial administration, staffed entirely by our people, will look after them and teach them good @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ values. When they see what great civilisation our pioneers bring to them, they won't be so upset that we mowed down a few hundred primitive shacks for our five-star clubhouse and gated communities. They'll see it was just common sense."

2. "Having a government there comprised entirely of native @@DEMONYMNOUNPLURAL@@ will breed resentment among the indigenous population," groans Minister @@RANDOMNAME@@, adjusting @@HIS/HER@@ @@CAPITAL@@ University cap. "Why don't we co-opt their elite instead? Just educate them in our best schools and universities — for example's sake, @@CAPITALINITIALS@@U — to value our culture and customs over their own. That way, their ruling elite have legitimacy among the locals yet will be totally amenable to our interests here at home."

3. "You're thinking too regressively," sighs @@RANDOMNAME@@, who visited the tourist sites of the colony once and now claims to feel like a local. "These are all top-down solutions. If we want to have the support of the people, we need to make a genuine effort to include them in government and listen to their concerns. Why not establish a little local legislature there and reserve seats for the native population? They need to feel they're working with us, not for us."

4. "You're thinking too small," barks @@RANDOMNAME@@, who visited the colony once and now claims to know everything about the area. "It isn't enough to co-opt their elite, we need to ensure they work with us. Permit financial incentivisation of local leaders who turn in those who speak against @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ rule, and round up resisters to teach them a hard lesson they'll remember until their crippled bodies are lowered into the ground. The best part is: the indigenous people will resent their local leaders, not you."

5. "Or we could just forget the whole thing," suggests your weary Secretary of the Treasury, as she stares at a globe with a magnifying glass. "I mean, armies tromp around, claiming land for @@NAME@@ without any thought of the consequences. Do you have any idea how much it costs to maintain a colony? Resources are stretched thin as it is. Taxpayers at home don't want to be subsidising a place they can't even point out on a map, and the colonies don't want to be subsidised. Besides, imperialism is so old-fashioned. Let's embrace the modern era, put this empire nonsense behind us and save some money."

Issue by Nuremgard
Edited by The Free Joy State
Option 3 taken from Jewspont's report, all other options received on my own nation just now.


Options 3 and 4 are clearly similar enough to be variants, but the differences are less focused than usual. I can't tell what the validities might be.


I just received Opt3 at War Dogs VI and my bet is: The check is for Devolution and/or Native Representation. 3 speaks of getting them (the citizens of that colony) into gov while option 4 focuses more on the "rule over them" part (financially and otherwise).
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Democratic Socialists

Postby TalAkMaChen » Mon Aug 03, 2020 4:07 am

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#1349: You Must Be 18 Years or Older to View This Content

The Issue
A recent survey suggested that more than half of the nation’s teenagers have accessed websites designated only for users 18 years or older.

The Debate
1. “I caught the lil’ ones looking at this!” booms a concerned grandfather, attempting to show you some graphic images on his phone. “The new techmologies only promote disgusting, dangerous acts. And back in my day, young people had to work very hard to get their hands on pornography. Nowadays, these entitled, bratty kids have it so easy: they can just click a button and — boom — orgies! They need to struggle a bit and learn the value of hard work like I did. Children should not be allowed to use the internet!”

2. “Okay,” says the owner of the pornographic video website XGerbil. “I just think we all have to accept that this is the way the world is now. Children will manage to get their hands on this stuff no matter what barriers are put up to prevent their access. For example, upon visiting our site, people first have to confirm that they are 18 or older. I never thought that young people would ever lie about it, especially on the internet! There’s no stopping it. Since they’re all gonna find out about sex anyway, I suggest we invest in better sex education and provide free condoms at schools.”

3. “What about the parents that allowed this clear breach of internet law under their own roofs?” asks smug mother @@RANDOMNAMEFEMALE@@, covering the ears, eyes, and mouth of her son. “Imagine how much of a bad parent you have to be to let your child be able to see such depraved garbage. Why, I take pride in knowing what my little angel is doing and viewing every single moment of his day! The parents who facilitate this kind of behavior must be held legally responsible for corrupting the youth.”

4. “The root of this problem is the accessibility of these websites,” claims your IT support technician Nathan Feilder, restarting your computer again. “Why not implement internet-wide filters for adult websites? Only users who have verified their age to the government through their ID and other documents may get past these barriers. Yes, the government should require licenses of people who want to watch that kind of stuff. And to be honest, @@LEADER@@, we know that basically everyone is going to need that license, wink wink. So imagine all the money you could make from the fees for these licenses, which of course should go toward funding my department."

Issue by The Second Best of Noahs Second Country

Edited by The Marsupial Illuminati


"Techmologies" in Option 1, is most likely not a typo, but an indication of how old the grandfather is.

Edit: macros added.



Afraid to say so, but the numbering is incorrect... again. The last two reported options are not 3+4 but 4+5 (or 3+5 if 3+4 have 100% identical wording).

The "real" option 3 might be a variant of 2 for nations that banned contraceptions and/or sex education (I recieved it at a nation without s.e. but contraceptions being legal).
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Postby Drasnia » Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:28 pm

My copy of #1352 for comparison:

#1352: The Brains Behind Kuru [Electrum; ed: Zwangzug]

The Issue
Outbreaks of kuru, an incurable neurodegenerative disorder, have occurred across Drasnia. It is most prevalent among connoisseurs of human flesh.

The Debate
1. “Kuru is an insidious disease that eats at the brain and is spread by the consumption of infected cerebra.” Your physician, Jenna Strange, slams a hefty book titled Grey Matter Anatomy on your desk. “Ensure the sufferers get the best possible care at our hospitals, so they can live their last days with dignity. Then, give up this cannibalism experiment so that we don’t get outbreaks of diseases from the handling of human meat ever again.”

2. “Why dearie, we’d be outta business!” pipes up the proprietor of Mrs. Lovett’s Pies, placing some piping hot pies on some plates. “The easiest solution to this kuru thing is to ban brains in food. Also, you oughta get yer government to promote and subsidise us purveyors of wholesome foods, like me steak pies, which use the finest cuts of human rump. We would make a killing having curious cannibals and grub-lovers going on exotic food tours to me humble shop.”

3. Your brother, sensing an opportunity, pages through the book. “This says that symptoms of kuru include body tremors, outbursts of laughter, and poor coordination. Basically, the average dimwitted fast food worker. Round up the diseased and consign them to fill society’s most dangerous and undesirable jobs - if they die, well, it was going to happen anyways. Then, we can harvest their meat and neurological tissue to generate a never-ending supply of ‘zombies.’”
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Postby Valentine Z » Wed Aug 05, 2020 2:10 am

I need to do another changelog soon enough, hehe. Unfortunately for myself, this week and next week (and maybe next, next week) are going to be the most hectic times of my school life, because final project is due very, very soon. ^^;

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Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby The Atlae Isles » Wed Aug 05, 2020 2:53 am

#1354: The One-Trick Pony [Jutsa; ed: The Free Joy State]

The Issue
Secretariat, a horse recently elected as mayor of @@CAPITAL@@, has been vetoing every single bill coming into his office, sternly shouting “Neigh!” every time.

The Debate
1. “I’m not thrilled that these cabbageheads are elected town councilors,” whines @@RANDOMNAME@@, who lost the local election to Ms. Snuggleworth, a cat that’s currently cleaning herself on your desk. “But, you have to admit, they are all for show. Surely only legitimate decisions that are made by competent legal citizens count on legislation, right? You can’t pretend animal noises and actions mean anything.” Turning to go, she steps straight in a fresh puddle left behind by one of your junior MPs.

2. “Aw, horse pucky! This is all a problem with communication,” says everything-whisperer Madam @@RANDOMLASTNAME@@, caressing her latest book, Dog Eat Dog and Catty Politics: How to Tell the Roosters from the Chickens. “This new brand of politician communicates in a whole new way. They’re intuitive. They use emotion and physicality. There’s no need to exclude their views. Simply by giving my organization proper funding, we can translate politicians’ ramblings to the masses, and you’ll have genuine answers straight from the horse’s mouth.”

3. “You’re right, they don’t speak intelligible language! So how can this horse be making such smart-ass decisions?” demands human supremacist @@RANDOMNAME@@, lead suspect of the high-profile criminal investigation of the dismemberment of recently-elected government official Cardboard Cut-out of @@LEADER@@. “These cutesy puppets are trying to make a horse’s ass out of @@NAME@@. Regardless of who’s pulling the strings, we need to send these corrupt politicians and their supporters to the glue factory, then change the law so this never happens again!”

4. “Meow!” trills Ms. Snuggleworth, pushing off all the papers on your desk aside from a bill proposing her ‘Animal Personhood (Except Icky Dogs)’ agenda be made policy nationwide. Purring persuasively, she curls up in your lap.

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Postby Trotterdam » Wed Aug 05, 2020 4:31 am

Adorable :3

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Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Minoa » Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:38 pm

#1358: Who’s In Your Wallet? [Lancaster of Wessex; Ed: The Marsupial Illuminati]

The Issue
After some years in circulation, it’s time for a new set of banknotes to be issued in @@NAME@@. With a growing rumbling of dissatisfaction among segments of society who are unhappy with the lack of diversity of those depicted on the current notes, your ever-besieged office is now besieged by numismatic malcontents wanting to have their say.

The Debate

1. “Every time I open my wallet, I see the same old dead farts staring back at me,” bemoans @@RANDOMFIRSTNAME@@ Crane, ringleader of the aptly named Got Change? movement, whilst waving a wad of notes about. “Let’s face it, this country has changed a lot since these people were slapped on our notes — but we’ve had the same people on them since the stone age! We need to depict minorities and women, and celebrate unsung heroes like authors and scientists! Show the world who truly made @@NAME@@ great!”

2. Did not qualify

3. “By Violet’s ponytail, is nothing sacred?” decries staunch conservative @@RANDOMFIRSTNAME@@ de la Rue, frantically waving a small @@DEMONYM@@ pennant. “First they came for our national anthem, then our holidays, now even our cash has to be changed to coddle the feelings of these kooks! Well, no more I say, the buck stops here! It should be a crime even calling for the alteration of our national symbols, customs, and institutions!”

4. “It’s time to use the change in notes as a great propag... I mean, chance to increase the population’s affection and devotion towards Your Excellency,” says a finger-twiddling toady advisor. “If anyone should grace our nation’s currency, it’s you. L’état, c’est toi, non?” The finger-twiddling continues unabated in the midst of a cackle.

5. Did not qualify

6. Finally, your mother chimes in with more of her infamous unsolicited advice. “Now, now dear. I know your little niece wants some famous nickelodeon personae on our bills, and some other chaps want esteemed alchemists and so on. But why not just please everyone and have nobody shown on our notes? Avoid controversy this way. Just put happy little trees, or a @@ANIMAL@@, celebrating the nature of our beautiful country. Wouldn’t that just be lovely to have cute, little @@ANIMALPLURAL@@ smiling back at you every time you go to pay for your morning tea and porridge?”



Crane and De La Rue appear to be fixed: they are banknote printers. I know because I collect banknotes.

I wonder if Options 2 and 5 have Devrient, Enschedé, Füssli, Giesecke, Goznak, Harrison, Homer Lee, Oberthur, Orell or Waterlow?
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Postby Trotterdam » Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:50 pm

I'm fairly sure option 2 is an effect-line-only variant of option 1, for nations that banned the internet.

Can you link to your puppet that got this issue? I want to check if it has the policy. Also, make sure that "owl" isn't its national animal. Minoa itself hasn't answered any issues in ages.

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Postby Minoa » Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:51 pm

Trotterdam wrote:I'm fairly sure option 2 is an effect-line-only variant of option 1, for nations that banned the internet.

Can you link to your puppet that got this issue? I want to check if it has the policy. Also, make sure that "owl" isn't its national animal. Minoa itself hasn't answered any issues in ages.

It's West Calypso. Used for answering issues.
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Postby Trotterdam » Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:57 pm

Minoa wrote:It's West Calypso. Used for answering issues.
Thanks. I observe that:
(A) It does have the No Internet policy, meaning that option 1 is the no-internet variant and option 2 is, presumably, the yes-internet variant. (The more exotic variant coming first is unusual, but not unheard of.)
(B) Its national animal is "little owl". ...Oh, I see you already edited your post to fix the macros. (The "little little owls" in the original report should probably have been a tip-off. Interesting how the human mind just skims over doubled words without noticing them.)

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Postby Trotterdam » Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:14 pm

Here's the version I got:
#1358 Who's In Your Wallet?

The Issue

After some years in circulation, it's time for a new set of banknotes to be issued in @@NAME@@. With a growing rumbling of dissatisfaction among segments of society who are unhappy with the lack of diversity of those depicted on the current notes, your ever-besieged office is now besieged by numismatic malcontents wanting to have their say.

The Debate

2. "Every time I open my wallet, I see the same old dead farts staring back at me," bemoans @@RANDOMFIRSTNAME@@ Crane, ringleader of the aptly named Got Change? movement, whilst waving a wad of notes about. "Let's face it, this country has changed a lot since these people were slapped on our notes — but we've had the same people on them since the stone age! We need to depict minorities and women, and celebrate unsung heroes like authors and scientists! Show the world who truly made @@NAME@@ great!"

3. "By Violet's ponytail, is nothing sacred?" decries staunch conservative @@RANDOMFIRSTNAME@@ de la Rue, frantically waving a small @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ pennant. "First they came for our national anthem, then our holidays, now even our cash has to be changed to coddle the feelings of these kooks! Well, no more I say, the buck stops here! It should be a crime even calling for the alteration of our national symbols, customs, and institutions!"

4. "It's time to use the change in notes as a great propag... I mean, chance to increase the population's affection and devotion towards Your Excellency," says a finger-twiddling toady advisor. "If anyone should grace our nation's currency, it's you. L'état, c'est toi, non?" The finger-twiddling continues unabated in the midst of a cackle.

5. "K, u can change the ppl but u need like celebs and WhoTube *s on em. Nohbdy cares bout science n junk, just pick kewl peeps," reads an instant message from your super with-it niece.

6. Finally, your mother chimes in with more of her infamous unsolicited advice. "Now, now dear. I know your little niece wants some famous nickelodeon personae on our bills, and some other chaps want esteemed alchemists and so on. But why not just please everyone and have nobody shown on our notes? Avoid controversy this way. Just put happy little trees, or @@A@@ @@ANIMAL@@, celebrating the nature of our beautiful country. Wouldn't that just be lovely to have cute, little @@ANIMALPLURAL@@ smiling back at you every time you go to pay for your morning tea and porridge?"

Issue by Lancaster of Wessex
Edited by The Marsupial Illuminati
All options present except for option 1, for which I can confirm my earlier suspicion that its text is identical to option 2.

First names for the record were: Harriet, Luigi.

EDIT: Now got the issue on another puppet which got the no-internet version (so option 1, but not options 2 or 5) and the first names Dave, Jyn.
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Postby Candlewhisper Archive » Fri Aug 07, 2020 5:32 am

Trotterdam wrote:I'm fairly sure option 2 is an effect-line-only variant of option 1, for nations that banned the internet.


Yep that's correct.
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Postby TalAkMaChen » Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:16 pm

348,1 "I ain't got no tickles" -> "I ain't got no @@CURRENCYPLURAL@@"

472,5 validity: has AI personhood

988,3 validity: has computers and/or internet

1036,4 validity: has private industries (wild guess as I didn't see it at a Socialist nation and the option is coming from a store owner)

1341,4 extra "[/box]" at the end ;)
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